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Bibliography

This is not a complete survey, but a compilation of the more significant studies of Henry Darger and his work. Listed chronologically, it includes both cursory artistic or historical overviews, as well as more in-depth evaluations.

John MacGregor, "I See a World within the World; I Dream but Am Awake," Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, exhibition catalog
published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Princeton University Press, 1992.

Michael Bonesteel, "Henry Darger's Search for the Grail in the Guise of a Celestial Child," Third Person, Authoring and Exploring Vast Narratives,
edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardip-Fruin, The MIT Press, 2009.

Michael Bonesteel, "Dweller in Two Worlds," World Transformers: The Art of the Outsiders, exhibition catalog published by Schirn Kunstahalle
Frankfurt, 2010.

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